Shining Skull [Hardcover]

Kate Ellis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 22, 2007

Little Marcus Fallbrook was kidnapped in 1976, and when he never returned home, his grieving family assumed the worst. Then, thirty years later, teenage singing star Leah Wakefield disappears and DI Wesley Peterson has reason to suspect that the same kidnapper is responsible. And another abductor is at work in the area - a man who tricks blonde women into a bogus taxi and cuts off their hair. Has Leah fallen prey to the man the newspapers call 'The Barber' or has she suffered a more sinister fate? But then, Marcus Fallbrook returns from the dead. And when DNA evidence confirms his identity, the investigation takes a new twist. Meanwhile, archaeologist, Neil Watson's gruesome task of exhuming the dead from a local churchyard yields a mystery of its own when a coffin is found to contain one corpse too many - a corpse that may be linked to a strange religious sect dating back to Regency times. Wesley has his hands full elsewhere - slowly, Marcus Fallbrook begins to recover memories that Wesley hopes will lead him to cunning and dangerous murderer. But he is about to discover that the past can be a very dangerous place indeed.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"'Kate Ellis skilfully weaves crimes of past and present into a seamless narrative... The plotting is intricate and the finale totally unexpected. An agreeable mystery' - Gerald Kaufman, SCOTSMAN 'a gripping read' BEST Magazine 'a beguiling author who interweaves past and present. Like its predecessor... the book works well on both levels' THE TIMES 'a well-written book which kept my on the edge of my seat...a real page-turner' YOURS"

About the Author

Kate Ellis is the author of The Wesley Peterson Series and has twice been nominated for the Crime Writers’ Association Short Story Dagger.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Piatkus (March 22, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0749908378
• ISBN-13: 978-0749908379
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.8 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #603,115 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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